Great find for this but if your only after smart sockets switches and lights + maybe temperature control/monitoring Worth looking at Sonoff stuff on ebay starts at about £4.85 got my hotwater + heating controlled on my phone for less than tenner .Was very easy to set up as well does most of what Hive and Nest do and compatible with google Nest Dont need hub either devices connect direct to router setting up very simply with free app Not knocking this deal though if you after smartthings starter kit this is great deal

24th Feb 2017

dale86uk

Is it worth getting this if I also have Philips Hue Hub?

Depends on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go really.

I've got this, harmony and hue all tied into routines etc. You don't need this for hue but it helps if you want to add other bits to trigger actions etc.

24th Feb 2017

0scar222

Great find for this but if your only after smart sockets switches and … Great find for this but if your only after smart sockets switches and lights + maybe temperature control/monitoring Worth looking at Sonoff stuff on ebay starts at about £4.85 got my hotwater + heating controlled on my phone for less than tenner .Was very easy to set up as well does most of what Hive and Nest do and compatible with google Nest Dont need hub either devices connect direct to router setting up very simply with free app Not knocking this deal though if you after smartthings starter kit this is great deal

Interesting comment, hadn't heard of Sonoff before. Thanks for pointing them out

Great bits of kit all use ESP8266 cpu there is even firmware upgrades for them Can monitor temp humidity power usage+more and its 2 way link as well and very easy to set up Best bit is there very cheap

24th Feb 2017

Yes, I have both. SmartThings is a house-wide brain, Hue - lighting subsystem.

5th Mar 2017

Been waiting for this price again, thanks

10th Mar 2017

0scar222

Great find for this but if your only after smart sockets switches and … Great find for this but if your only after smart sockets switches and lights + maybe temperature control/monitoring Worth looking at Sonoff stuff on ebay starts at about £4.85 got my hotwater + heating controlled on my phone for less than tenner .Was very easy to set up as well does most of what Hive and Nest do and compatible with google Nest Dont need hub either devices connect direct to router setting up very simply with free app Not knocking this deal though if you after smartthings starter kit this is great deal

​just looked at them after your commentthey seem ok , there's a guy on a Amazon review talking about flashing custom firmware and they work on the alexa have you heard about that?

19th Mar 2017

Price backup

5th Apr 2017

back on... just reduced again

5th Apr 2017

redmouse2

back on... just reduced again

​cheers just reserved one for tomorrow been waiting for it to come back down

Original Poster

6th Apr 2017

really good compatibility with xiaomi sensors which are cheap. also there are cheap smoke alarms, sirens, switches which i have setup and is perfect.

6th Apr 2017

VBV

really good compatibility with xiaomi sensors which are cheap. also there … really good compatibility with xiaomi sensors which are cheap. also there are cheap smoke alarms, sirens, switches which i have setup and is perfect.

​where do you buy your xiaomi sensors from just eBay all shipped from China from what I can see?is the battery life ok with them

These work great with smartthings. The community has a working device handler. I have 7 of them.gearbest.com/sma…=21

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12th Apr 2017

stefromuk

​where do you buy your xiaomi sensors from just eBay all shipped from C … ​where do you buy your xiaomi sensors from just eBay all shipped from China from what I can see?is the battery life ok with them

I bought on gearbest. Battery life is much better than smartthings sensors. My smartthings door sensor after 1 month use reported 67% battery. Xiaomi after 1 month still reports over 90%.